The rain this week was a nice thirst quencher, but these mandatory water cutbacks are making it harder and harder to keep a lawn looking nice and green. The Dublin Sports Grounds uses recycled water and that's how a lot of people are getting around these drought restrictions.

The wave of showers that rolled through the Bay Area gave homeowners a break from watering their lawns.

"It wasn't much of a rain, but we definitely got to keep it going. Keep them watered," Pleasanton resident Regis Lachance said.

The problem is most water authorities, like the Dublin San Ramon Services District, are enforcing mandatory cutbacks.

"First of all, the policy is you can only water two days a week -- that's the statewide policy -- and you cannot water within 48 hours of rain with drinking water," Sue Stephenson from the Dublin San Ramon Services District said.